Jamestown Colony PowerPoint Lesson Plan

This is a visually-stunning, highly-engaging PowerPoint on Jamestown colony. Over 25 slides, it presents the background on the Virginia Company and its founding through the House of Burgesses and the growth of Jamestown.

Based on state and Common Core Standards, this presentation covers every significant aspect of the colony including the Starving Time, John Smith, John Rolfe, indentured servants, and more! Each slide includes amazing pictures and images that will captivate your students.

        

     

It includes a warm up activity and concludes with an embedded Youtube video about Jamestown that connects to the world today.

You can download this amazing PowerPoint for your classes here: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Jamestown-Colony-PowerPoint-Lesson-772517

For an excellent companion activity, this Jamestown Colony Primary Source Play With Worksheet that can be acted out in class during this PowerPoint.



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Let Snoop Dogg Help Your Students Learn US History!

My newest resource is one of the most fun worksheets my students go crazy for all year long. Each of these is a cloze reading activity that includes vocabulary from American History and a story translated into "Snoop Dogg" speak about a different topic.

The result is a hilarious overview of each unit in American history. Each is one page and can be completed by students as an in-class activity, for homework, or to review before a test.

You can download all of them as a bundle from here. Each is available individually as well.

The first one you can download covers the early American colonies, including Jamestown, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, and the growing discontent with British rule.

The second Snoop Dogg review available for download reviews the causes, events, and outcomes of the American Revolution. The third is an overview of America's early years. This one also available for download covers the early presidents, War of 1812, Age of Jackson, sectionalism, and the Trail of Tears.

Lastly, this 1 page cloze reading covers all major aspects of the Civil War and Reconstruction eras in the same Snoop speak.

I know your students will LOVE these as much as mine do! Guaranteed they will complete these and comprehend all the essential knowledge because it's fun! :)

The Early American Colonies Video

Here is one of our first Students of History videos! This one covers the early American colonies. The video was written and narrated entirely by high school students. The concept of the "flipped classroom" is that if students watch videos like this at home before coming to class, it leaves more class time for questions, debate, and higher level discussion. We also believe that sometimes students can better explain topics to their peers better than historians, authors, or even teachers. 

Hope you enjoy it and please let us know in the comment section if you have any feedback!